Jack Benny

Personal Info

Known For:
Acting

Birthday:
February 14, 1894

Place of Birth:
Chicago, Illinois, United States

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Jack Benny

Biography

Jack Benny (February 14, 1894 – December 26, 1974) was an American comedian, vaudevillian, and actor for radio, television, and film. Widely recognized as one of the leading American entertainers of the 20th century, Benny played the role of the comic penny-pinching miser, insisting on remaining 39 years old on stage despite his actual age, and often playing the violin badly.

Benny was known for his comic timing and his ability to get laughs with either a pregnant pause or a single expression, such as his signature exasperated "Well!" His radio and television programs, tremendously popular from the 1930s to the 1960s, were a foundational influence on the situation comedy genre. Dean Martin, on the celebrity roast for Johnny Carson in November 1973, introduced Benny as "the Satchel Paige of the world of comedy."

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Known For

Filmography

Year Movie Role
2019 Mike Wallace Is Here (archive footage)
2018 Studio 54 Self (archive footage)
2016 The Last Laugh Self
2015 Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration Self / Shower of Stars (archive footage)
2011 Beatles Stories Self
2010 The Best of Johnny Carson
2005 Pioneers of Primetime
2002 Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour Self (archive footage)
2001 Beatles: Big Beat Box Self (archive footage)
2001 The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1 Self (archive footage)
2001 The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 2 Self (archive footage)
1998 The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts Self - Roastee (archive footage)
1995 Kelsey Grammer Salutes Jack Benny Self (Archived footage)
1994 That's Entertainment! III (archive footage)
1992 Jack Benny: Comedy in Bloom Himself
1988 Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC Self (archive footage)
1988 James Stewart: A Wonderful Life Self (archive footage)
1986 TV's Funniest Comedians - 14 Stars Do Classic Routines Self
1982 Showbiz Goes to War (archive footage)
1982 Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! Self (archive footage)
1976 That's Entertainment, Part II (archive footage)
1975 Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Self (archive footage)
1975 Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television Self (archive footage)
1974 The Perry Como Christmas Show Santa Claus (uncredited)
1972 The Man Jack Benny
1971 The Great Radio Comedians Self
1970 Jack Benny's 20th Anniversary TV Special Self
1970 Swing Out, Sweet Land Man Who Finds Silver Dollar
1970 The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians Self (voice)
1970 Honor America Day Self
1969 The Jack Benny Birthday Special Self
1968 The Dean Martin Christmas Show Self (uncredited)
1968 Jack Benny's Bag Self
1967 A Guide for the Married Man Technical Adviser (Ollie 'Sweet Lips')
1967 The Honey Pot Violinist Outside Restaurant (uncredited)
1965 The Jack Benny Hour Jack Benny / Rosano
1965 Bob Hope Christmas Show Self
1963 It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World Man in Car in Desert (uncredited)
1963 General Foods Opening Night
1962 Gypsy Jack Benny (uncredited)
1960 Who Was That Lady? Mr. Cosgrove (uncredited)
1960 The Slowest Gun in the West Chicken Finsterwald
1960 Jack Benny Christmas Show Jack Benny
1960 Who Was That Lady? Mr. Cosgrove
1959 The Mouse That Jack Built Jack (voice)
1958 Rock-a-Bye Baby Carlos, the matador (uncredited)
1957 Jack Benny Christmas Shopping Show Jack Benny
1957 Beau James Jack Benny
1954 The Bing Crosby Show Self
1952 Somebody Loves Me Jack Benny
1952 Screen Snapshots: Memorial to Al Jolson Self - Narrator
1952 Stars in the Eye Himself
1950 You Can Change The World Self
1949 The Great Lover Jack Benny (uncredited)
1947 Is Everybody Listening? Jack Benny - Jack Benny Radio Program
1946 Without Reservations Jack Benny (uncredited)
1945 The Horn Blows at Midnight Athanael
1945 It's in the Bag! Jack Benny
1944 Hollywood Canteen Self
1943 The Meanest Man in the World Richard Clarke
1943 Show-Business at War Self
1942 To Be or Not to Be Joseph Tura
1942 George Washington Slept Here Bill Fuller
1941 Charley's Aunt Babbs Babberley
1941 Three Of A Kind Himself
1940 Buck Benny Rides Again Jack Benny
1940 Love Thy Neighbor Jack Benny
1939 Man About Town Bob Temple
1938 Artists and Models Abroad Buck Boswell
1938 Hollywood Goes to Town Self
1938 Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 6 Self
1937 Artists & Models Mac Brewster
1936 The Big Broadcast of 1937 Jack Carson
1936 College Holiday J. Davis Bowster
1935 Broadway Melody of 1936 Bert Keeler
1935 It's in the Air Calvin Churchill
1934 Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round Chad Denby
1933 Mr. Broadway Jack Benny
1931 Taxi Tangle Man in taxi
1931 A Broadway Romeo Jack
1930 Chasing Rainbows Eddie Rock
1930 The Medicine Man Dr. John H. Harvey
1930 Lord Byron of Broadway Voice on Radio
1930 The Rounder Mr. Bartlett
1930 Children of Pleasure Radio Performer Jack (uncredited)
1929 The Hollywood Revue of 1929 Self - Master of Ceremonies
1929 The Song Writers' Revue Himself
1928 Bright Moments
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